About

I am represented by Susan Powell Fine Art in Madision Connecticut and Tidewater Gallery in Swansboro North Carolina.

avatar0509_smallContact: lisagloria@gmail.com .

Lisa Gloria graduated from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, IL, in 1989.  She studied art briefly at the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana, and teaches painting and drawing workshops near her home in Aurora, IL, and online via Http://ArtStudioSecrets.com.

A mother of 5 daughters, Lisa’s work is at once feminine and timeless, with aspects of realism, impressionism and expressionism.  She seeks to create compelling images that engage the viewer on personal level, drawing the gaze into the picture plane, as though this moment was captured solely for you.

9/2010 Women Painting Women, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, NC
6/2010 Group Invitational Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta Georgia
3/2010 Group Invitational Still Life Show, Susan Powell Fine Art, Connecticut
11/2009 Winner, Projekt 30′s November Gallery www.projekt30.com
10/2009 Winner, Projekt 30′s “Fear” Exhibition
10/2009 Winner, Southwest Art Magazine’s “21 Over 31″ competition http://www.southwestart.com/article/1763
5/2009 Group show, Susan Powell Fine Art, Connecticut www.susanpowellfineart.com
4/2009 Group Show “Time after Time” at the Aurora Arts Commission, Aurora, IL
1/2009 Featured in Gulf Connoisseur magazine, Dubai, UAE
12/2008 Founded ArtStudioSecrets.com, an art education resource
11/2008 Winner, Greenhouse Gallery SmallWorks Show
8/2008 Awarded commission of three portraits of the founders of Victor Envelope, Bensenville, Illinois
7/2008 Began painting full time
6/2008 Cover Illustration, The Registry magazine, San Francisco California
5/2008 Presented portrait to Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall, President Emerita of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
4/2008 Published “Drawing like a Painter,” CreateBetterPaintings.com
12/2007 Illustration published in Common Ties Magazine
11/2007 Cover Illustration, The Registry magazine, San Francisco California
2007 Began teaching portraiture with Naperville Art League
2006 Relocated to Naperville Illinois
2006 Group show, the American Gallery, Sylvania Ohio
2005 First Place and People’s Choice, Winter GallErie, Oregon Ohio
2005 – 2006 President, Eastern Maumee Bay Arts Council
2005 Best in Class and Best in Show Awards, OregonFest, Oregon Ohio
2004 Group Show, Parkland Gallery, Toledo Ohio
2004 People’s Choice Award, Winter GallErie, Oregon Ohio
1992 – 1996 Publisher, Pica Literary Arts Magazine
1989 – 1991 Studied painting and sculpture, University of Illinois